Quotes with power-worship

Quotes 461 till 480 of 1019.

  • Robert A. Heinlein Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Francis Bacon New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bertrand Russell Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Friedrich von Schiller No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Buenaventura Durruti No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
    Van Paassen interview (1936)
    Buenaventura Durruti
    Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant (1896 - 1936)
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  • Samuel Johnson No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • E. M. Cioran No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Woodrow Wilson No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Allen Klein No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Gloria Steinem No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Barbara de Angelis No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
    Barbara de Angelis
    American relationship consultant, lecturer and author (1951 - )
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  • Ken Keyes Jr No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some.
    Ken Keyes Jr
    American personal growth author and lecturer (1921 - 1995)
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  • Marguerite Duras No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Cal Thomas No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.
    Cal Thomas
    American columnist and author (1942 - )
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  • Hannah Arendt No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Jacob Bronowski No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
    Jacob Bronowski
    British Scientist, Author (1908 - 1974)
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • Edgar Sheffield Brightman No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit.
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  • Pearl S. Buck None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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